模拟根系分泌物C:N化学计量特征对川西亚高山森林土壤碳动态和微生物群落结构的影响

目前有关森林根系分泌物及其诱导的土壤生态学效应研究主要关注根系碳(C)源输入, 而极少关注根系分泌物氮(N)源输入及其伴随的C:N化学计量特征对土壤过程和功能的影响, 极大地限制了我们对森林根系-土壤-微生物互作机制的深入认识。该研究以川西亚高山天然林和云杉(Picea asperata)人工林土壤为对象, 模拟配制不同C:N化学计量特征(只有N、C:N = 10、C:N = 50、C:N = 100和只有C处理)的根系分泌物溶液进行人工添加试验, 以探究根系分泌物化学计量特征对两种林分土壤碳动态及其微生物群落结构的影响差异。结果表明: 模拟根系分泌物C添加总体促进了两种林分土壤有机质分解激发效应而降低了土壤总碳(TC)含量, 而N添加在一定程度上缓和了两种林分土壤TC含量的降低幅度, 且C添加导致天然林土壤TC含量的降低幅度明显低于土壤N有效性更低的人工林。几种根系分泌物添加处理对两种林分土壤活性和惰性碳库的影响无明显规律。另外, 根系分泌物C添加总体降低了天然林土壤微生物总磷脂脂肪酸(PLFA)含量和细菌、放线菌、真菌PLFA含量, 而总体增加人工林土壤微生物PLFA总量和细菌、放线菌、真菌PLFA含量, 并诱导两种林分土壤微生物群落结构(细菌:真菌相对丰度)也发生了各自不同的变化。上述结果表明森林根系分泌物N源输入和土壤N有效性共同调控根系C源输入对土壤有机质分解激发效应的方向和幅度。研究结果为深入揭示典型森林根系分泌物化学计量特征对土壤生物化学循环过程的调控机制提供了一定的理论依据。     

氮素富集对青藏高原东缘窄叶鲜卑花灌丛根系分泌物碳输入的影响

为探究高寒灌丛生态系统根系分泌物碳(C)输入通量对大气氮(N)沉降的响应规律,该文以青藏高原东缘窄叶鲜卑花(Sibiraea angustata)灌丛为研究对象,采用根系分泌物野外原位收集法,分析了不同施N水平(对照N0=0 g·m~(–2)·a~(–1);低N处理N5=5 g·m~(–2)·a~(–1);高N处理N10=10 g·m~(–2)·a~(–1))对根系分泌物C输入速率与通量季节动态变化规律的影响。结果表明:(1)窄叶鲜卑花灌丛单位根生物量、单位根长、单位根表面积根系分泌物C输入速率均表现出明显的季节性动态变化,具体表现为8月6月10月,并呈现出与5 cm土壤温度相一致的变化趋势。(2)施N降低了窄叶鲜卑花灌丛单位根生物量、单位根长和单位根表面积根系分泌物C输入速率,但仅N10处理与对照(N0处理)间存在显著差异(p0.05)。(3)N5和N10处理下,窄叶鲜卑花灌丛细根生物量与N0处理相比分别降低了23.36%和33.84%。(4)由于施N导致根系分泌物C输入速率与细根生物量二者均显著降低,使得施N对窄叶鲜卑花灌丛根系分泌物C输入通量(g·m~(–2)·a~(–1))有显著的抑制作用,并随着施N浓度的增加抑制作用增大。推测其可能的原因是N素富集在一定程度上缓和了植物根系对养分的微生物驱动需求,从而降低了植物根系分泌物C输入通量,即N素富集条件下植物采取了低N收益-低C投入的生理策略。该研究结果对于进一步认知不同环境变化下高寒灌丛生态系统根系分泌物C输入及其介导的土壤生物C-养分循环过程具有重要的理论意义。     

Effects of simulated exudate C:N stoichiometry on dynamics of carbon and microbial community composition in a subalpine coniferous forest of western Sichuan,China

 目前有关森林根系分泌物及其诱导的土壤生态学效应研究主要关注根系碳(C)源输入, 而极少关注根系分泌物氮(N)源输入及其伴随的C:N化学计量特征对土壤过程和功能的影响, 极大地限制了我们对森林根系-土壤-微生物互作机制的深入认识。该研究以川西亚高山天然林和云杉(Picea asperata)人工林土壤为对象, 模拟配制不同C:N化学计量特征(只有N、C:N = 10、C:N = 50、C:N = 100和只有C处理)的根系分泌物溶液进行人工添加试验, 以探究根系分泌物化学计量特征对两种林分土壤碳动态及其微生物群落结构的影响差异。结果表明: 模拟根系分泌物C添加总体促进了两种林分土壤有机质分解激发效应而降低了土壤总碳(TC)含量, 而N添加在一定程度上缓和了两种林分土壤TC含量的降低幅度, 且C添加导致天然林土壤TC含量的降低幅度明显低于土壤N有效性更低的人工林。几种根系分泌物添加处理对两种林分土壤活性和惰性碳库的影响无明显规律。另外, 根系分泌物C添加总体降低了天然林土壤微生物总磷脂脂肪酸(PLFA)含量和细菌、放线菌、真菌PLFA含量, 而总体增加人工林土壤微生物PLFA总量和细菌、放线菌、真菌PLFA含量, 并诱导两种林分土壤微生物群落结构(细菌:真菌相对丰度)也发生了各自不同的变化。上述结果表明森林根系分泌物N源输入和土壤N有效性共同调控根系C源输入对土壤有机质分解激发效应的方向和幅度。研究结果为深入揭示典型森林根系分泌物化学计量特征对土壤生物化学循环过程的调控机制提供了一定的理论依据。     

夜间增温和施肥对川西亚高山针叶林两种树苗根际效应的影响

开展植物根际效应对全球变化响应的研究是深入认识根际微生态系统中植物根系与土壤微生物相互作用过程及机制的关键。以川西亚高山针叶林两种主要树种幼苗--云杉(Picea asperata)和岷江冷杉(Abies faxoniana)为研究材料,采用红外辐射模拟增温和外施NH₄NO₃氮肥的方法,研究了夜间增温和施肥对两种幼苗根际效应的影响。结果表明:红外辐射增温导致气温增加了1.62 ℃,土壤5 cm和10 cm层月均温度显著增加了2.89 ℃和3.10℃。增温和施肥处理对两种幼苗不同参数根际效应的影响各不相同,表现为不同程度的正根际效应、负根际效应或者无影响。增温使云杉幼苗根际与非根际土SMB-C含量均显著增加(分别为42.28%和31.02%),非根际土有机碳含量降低了7.03%;而增温对两种幼苗土壤肥力因素根际效应的影响总体并不显著,增温仅对云杉全氮有显著的负根际效应(79.43%),而岷江冷杉通过根际土全氮和SMB-N含量的增加,其根际效应大小在增温处理下显著增强。施肥处理和两因子的联合作用显著提高了两种幼苗的NO^-₃-N、NH⁺₄-N和云杉非根际土SMB-N含量,并使岷江冷杉NH⁺₄-N表现出正根际效应,而云杉SMB-N表现出明显的负根际效应(120.80%和253.06%)。这种响应差异可能与不同植物种类地下碳分配及其植物根系所吸收的养分有关,从而赋予了不同植物种类在未来全球变化背景下可能具有不同的适应力和竞争优势,并进一步对亚高山针叶林地下过程及其早期更新产生潜在影响。     

增温对苔原土壤和典型植物叶片碳、氮、磷化学计量学特征的影响

为探讨苔原植被对气候变暖的响应模式, 采用开顶箱增温法, 研究了3个生长季增温对长白山苔原3种代表植物——牛皮杜鹃(Rhododendron aureum)、笃斯越桔(Vaccinium uliginosum)和东亚仙女木(Dryas octopetala var. asiatica)的叶片及土壤碳(C)、氮(N)、磷(P)含量及其比值的影响。结果表明: 增温使土壤N和P的含量分别增加5.88%和4.83%, C含量降低13.19%; 增温和对照(不增温)条件下, 植物叶片的C、N、P含量及其比值在生长季有明显的变化。增温使笃斯越桔和东亚仙女木叶片的P含量分别增加10.34%和12.87%, 牛皮杜鹃则降低了16.26%, 增温并没有明显改变3种植物叶片的C、N含量, 但牛皮杜鹃和东亚仙女木叶片的C:N值在增温条件下呈现增加趋势。增温使土壤可利用的N、P含量增加。增温对3种植物的C:N值, 牛皮杜鹃、笃斯越桔的P含量, 以及东亚仙女木的C:P值都产生了显著的影响。结果表明增温增加了长白山苔原P元素对植物生长的限制, 且3种植物叶片的C、N、P化学计量学特性对增温的响应模式和尺度没有表现出一致性。     

连香树人工林根系分泌物输入季节性变化及其驱动的根际微生物特性研究

根系分泌物介导的根际过程具有重要的生态学效应,但目前有关植物尤其是濒危珍稀植物根系分泌物及其介导的土壤生物地球化学循环过程的原位季节动态研究甚少。本文以阿坝州茂县大沟流域30年生的国家二级濒危保护植物连香树人工林为研究对象,于2014年4、7、9和12月利用原位收集装置对连香树根系分泌物进行原位收集;并同步分析了根际土壤微生物特性的变化。结果表明：（1）根系分泌物C和N分泌速率均呈现明显的季节动态变化,其中,夏季最高,冬季最低。（2）根际土壤微生物碳、氮及土壤酶活性显著高于非根际,表现出正的根际效应;根际效应也与根系分泌物输入表现出类似的季节动态规律,即夏季（7月）最高,而冬季（12月）最低。（3）进一步相关分析表明：根系分泌物分泌速率与土壤微生物碳、氮及土壤酶活性根际效应值呈线性正相关,表明根系分泌物输入是驱动根际微生物活性的重要因子,揭示连香树根系碳输入对根际土壤过程和功能的季节响应。未来研究应加强根系分泌物输入与土壤生物地球化学循环过程的偶联效应与机制研究。     

青藏高原高寒草甸两种优势植物的生长及其CNP化学计量特征对模拟增温的响应

以青藏高原高寒草甸和高寒沼泽中的两种优势物种小嵩草(Kobresia pygmaea)和藏嵩草(Kobresia tibetica)为研究对象,采用开顶式增温室(OTCs)模拟气候变暖,对比分析两种植物叶片形态和解剖结构特征、根活性及地上—地下部分化学计量特征对增温的响应差异。结果表明:增温显著增加了小嵩草叶片的长度和叶片的数量,也显著增加了藏嵩草株高和叶片长度;增温没有明显改变小嵩草和藏嵩草的叶片上表皮厚度、下表皮厚度、下表皮细胞角质层厚度、叶肉细胞长和叶肉细胞宽;增温增加了小嵩草根系活跃吸收面积,对小嵩草和藏嵩草其他根系活性指标没有显著影响;增温降低了小嵩草地上部分N含量,对小嵩草地上部分C、P含量没有影响;增温降低了藏嵩草地上部分C、N含量,对P含量没有影响;增温增加了小嵩草和藏嵩草地上部分C/N比,提高了两种优势植物对氮素的长期利用效率;增温对小嵩草地下部分化学计量学特征没有影响,而降低了藏嵩草地下部分C含量和C/N比。     

杉木幼苗生物量分配格局对氮添加的响应

大气氮(N)沉降的急剧增加可能会对植物碳(C)固定和分配产生深远影响。然而, N添加如何影响碳水化合物在植物不同器官之间的分配动态并不十分清楚。该研究利用杉木(Cunninghamia lanceolata)幼苗盆栽试验, 设置N添加处理, 测定分析幼苗非结构性碳水化合物(NSC)与结构性碳水化合物(SC)含量和库的变化, 以探讨N添加后杉木幼苗不同器官中NSC与SC的分配模式及调控机制。结果发现: (1) N添加虽然显著增加叶片净光合速率(143.96%), 但却降低了叶片中的NSC含量和库; N添加导致一年生茎的淀粉含量显著下降, 而可溶性糖含量的变化不显著, 当年生茎的NSC组分含量和库没有显著变化; 幼苗根系的NSC及其组分含量和库也有降低的趋势。(2) N添加后地下与地上生物量的比值降低22.09%, 其中SC库比值降低31.07%, 而NSC库比值无显著变化。(3) N添加使地上部分的磷(P)库显著增加, 使地下与地上P库的比值降低了57.02%, 而N库的比值无显著变化。(4) N添加后土壤pH由(4.94 ± 0.09)显著降低到(4.02 ± 0.04), 铵态N和硝态N含量分别增加7.17倍和11.55倍, 土壤有效P含量也增加了42.86%, 而土壤中脲酶(62.75%)和酸性磷酸酶(56.52%)的活性显著降低。研究表明, 低养分条件下杉木幼苗主要通过构建根系结构增加养分吸收, 而非通过向根系分配更多的NSC, 而N添加驱动的养分缓解使更多的碳水化合物分配到地上器官, 导致地上部分SC积累。     

模拟增雨对白刺和油蒿幼苗化学计量特征的影响

降雨是荒漠生态系统过程和功能的最重要限制因子,荒漠植物幼苗对生长季降雨的变化极端敏感。为探讨荒漠植物对未来降雨格局变化的响应,该研究选取乌兰布和沙漠2种典型荒漠植物幼苗(白刺和油蒿)为研究对象,根据生长季内(6～9月)每次降雨量,进行不同梯度的人工模拟增雨试验(CK.自然降雨;A.增雨25%;B.增雨50%;C.增雨75%;D.增雨100%),分析白刺和油蒿幼苗C、N、P含量及化学计量特征对降雨量变化的响应。结果表明:(1)从C、N、P含量在幼苗不同器官分布来看,与CK相比,增雨显著降低了白刺幼苗茎的C含量和根的C、P含量(P0.05),在一定程度上提高了叶的C、P含量和根的N含量;而增雨处理显著增加了油蒿幼苗茎和叶的C含量(P0.05),降低了叶、根的N含量和茎、叶、根的P含量。(2)从化学计量比来看,增雨对白刺幼苗茎、叶、根的N∶P影响无显著差异,比值均大于16,且在增雨的环境下白刺幼苗相对生长率较低,主要受P元素限制;油蒿幼苗根N∶P与增雨量呈极显著负相关关系,随增雨量的增加其相对生长率增大。研究认为,模拟增雨对白刺幼苗和油蒿幼苗化学计量特征均有显著影响,但二者幼苗C、N、P元素在各器官的分配格局有所不同,增雨不利于白刺幼苗的生长,而有利于油蒿幼苗的快速生长。     

哀牢山中山湿性常绿阔叶林两种优势幼苗C、N、P化学计量特征及其对N沉降增加的响应

N沉降对不同森林生态系统的影响是当今全球变化生态学研究的一个热点问题。山地湿性常绿阔叶林是我国西部高海拔地区重要的森林植被类型之一。该文以云南哀牢山中山湿性常绿阔叶林为对象, 研究了其林下优势树种多花山矾(Symplocos ramosissima)和黄心树(Machilus gamblei)幼苗不同器官中C、N、P含量和生态化学计量特征及其对N沉降增加的响应。结果表明: 两种幼苗C、N、P含量的差异均达到了显著性水平(p < 0.05), 多花山矾的C含量较低, N和P含量较高。N处理对植物幼苗元素含量及其比值影响极显著(p < 0.01), 且与物种和器官之间存在显著的交互作用。N处理提高了幼苗体内N含量, 导致不同器官N:P值有不同程度的增加。随N处理水平的升高, 多花山矾幼苗P含量下降, 黄心树幼苗P含量整体升高, 幼苗间P含量差异减小。在一定范围内, 植物幼苗N含量与土壤无机N含量之间存在极显著的相关性(p < 0.01)。不同器官之间相比, 植物幼苗根和茎的N内稳性比叶片更高, 即植物叶片对N沉降的响应更为敏感。     

Systematic significance of mature embryo of bamboos

The mature embryo of seven species belonging to five genera of Indian bamboos is described. In all these the basic pattern of embryo organisation is same: the scutellar and coleoptilar bundles are not separated by an internode, the epiblast is absent, the lower portion of the scutellum and the coleorhiza are separated by a cleft and the margins of embryonic leaves overlap. The features unique to fleshy fruited bamboos are: presence of a massive scutellum, the juxtaposition of plumule and radicle and the occurrence of a bud in the axil of the coleoptile. The fleshy fruit bearing bamboos should be classified into one group, the tribeMelocanneae. Evidence is provided to recognise additional groups in the subfamilyBambusoideae.     

Taxonomic status of the species of the green algal genusNeochloris

Komárek has recently reviewed the various species assigned to the green algal genusNeochloris Starr (Chlorococcales, Chlorococcaceae) and removed those with uninucleate vegetative cells to a new genus,Ettlia. Watanabe & Floyd, unaware ofKomárek's work, also reviewed the species ofNeochloris and distributed them among three genera—Neochloris, Chlorococcopsis gen. nov., andParietochloris gen. nov.—on the basis of details of the covering of the zoospore and the arrangement of the basal bodies of the flagellar apparatus. This paper reconciles these two treatments and makes additional recommendations at the ranks of genus, family, order, and class.     

Analysis of twin of eyeless regulation during early embryogenesis in Drosophila melanogaster

The Drosophila Pax6 homolog twin of eyeless (toy) is so far the first zygotically expressed gene involved in eye morphogenesis in Drosophila. The study of its expression during embryogenesis is therefore informative of the initial events of eye development in Drosophila. We have analyzed how the initial expression domain of toy at cellular blastoderm is regulated. We show that the three maternal patterning systems active in the cephalic region (the anterior, terminal and dorsal-ventral systems) cooperate with zygotically activated gap genes to shape the initial expression domain of toy. Whereas Bicoid, Dorsal and Torso signaling synergistically act as activators, Hunchback, Knirps and Decapentaplegic act as repressors.     

Phylogeny of cardinalfishes (Teleostei: Gobiiformes: Apogonidae) and the evolution of visceral bioluminescence

The cardinalfishes (Apogonidae) are a diverse clade of small, mostly reef-dwelling fishes, for which a variety of morphological data have not yielded a consistent phylogeny. We use DNA sequence to hypothesize phylogenetic relationships within Apogonidae and among apogonids and other acanthomorph families, to examine patterns of evolution including the distribution of a visceral bioluminescence system. In conformance with previous studies, Apogonidae is placed in a clade with Pempheridae, Kurtidae, Leiognathidae, and Gobioidei. The apogonid genus Pseudamia is recovered outside the remainder of the family, not as sister to the superficially similar genus Gymnapogon. Species sampled from the Caribbean and Western Atlantic (Phaeoptyx, Astrapogon, and some Apogon species) form a clade, as do the larger-bodied Glossamia and Cheilodipterus. Incidence of visceral bioluminescence is found scattered throughout the phylogeny, independently for each group in which it is present. Examination of the fine structure of the visceral bioluminescence system through histology shows that light organs exhibit a range of morphologies, with some composed of complex masses of tubules (Siphamia, Pempheris, Parapriacanthus) and others lacking tubules but containing chambers formed by folds of the visceral epithelium (Acropoma, Archamia, Jaydia, and Rhabdamia). Light organs in Siphamia, Acropoma, Pempheris and Parapriacanthus are distinct from but connected to the gut; those in Archamia, Jaydia, and Rhabdamia are simply portions of the intestinal tract, and are little differentiated from the surrounding tissues. The presence or absence of symbiotic luminescent bacteria does not correlate with light organ structure; the tubular light organs of Siphamia and chambered tubes of Acropoma house bacteria, those in Pempheridae and the other Apogonidae do not.     

广西青藓科分类学修订

通过对采自广西24个县(市)的1 147份青藓科植物标本的逐一鉴定及相关文献的查阅,确认有广西青藓科植物11属、44种,其中包括广西青藓科植物新记录属1属,即拟异叶藓属(Pseudokindbergia),新记录种7种,分别为匐枝青藓(Brachythecium procumbens)、阔叶尖喙藓(Oxyrrhynchium latifolium)、泛生尖喙藓(O. vagans)、拟异叶藓(Pseudokindbergia dumosa)、华东细喙藓(Rhynchostegiella sinensis)、长肋拟青藓(Sciurohypnum populeum)和弯叶拟青藓(S. reflexum)。该文提供了修订后的广西青藓科植物名录,并对其中的新记录属、种的主要形态学识别特征、生境和地理分布等进行了详细描述。     

Host plants of someRhinanthoideae (Scrophulariaceae) of eastern North America

Twenty three species in 11 genera were examined in the field to determine hosts. OnlyStriga asiatica andSeymeria cassioides have a narrow host range being restricted to grasses and pines, respectively. These are the only species which cause pronounced and sometimes serious host damage. The other species attach to a great diversity of hosts.     

The effect of cyanobacteria and azolla on the performance of rice under different levels of fertilizer nitrogen

Cyanobacteria and/or azolla were inoculated, with urea at 0, 72 or 144 kg N/ha, in plots in which azolla-free Indica rice var. IR 28 was grown. Productive tillers, yield and nitrogen contents of grain and straw positively responded to inoculation with cyanobacteria or azolla, even with fertilizer-N up to 144 kg N/ha. Inoculation improved colonization by cyanobacteria. Azolla were superior to the asymbiotic cyanobacteria in enhancing rice performance. Urea at a rate of 72 kg N/ha was found to support the best colonizations when applied with cyanobacteria or azolla or, to give maximum rice yields, both inoculants.     

Evaluation of antiprotozoal and antimycobacterial activities of the resin glycosides and the other metabolites of Scrophularia cryptophila

Resin glycosides are secondary metabolites exclusive to the convolvulaceous plants. In this study, crypthophilic acids A–C (1–3), the first resin glycosides occurring in another family (Scrophulariaceae), and the other constituents of Scrophularia cryptophila were examined for in vitro antiprotozoal and antimycobacterial potentials. Except for crypthophilic acid B (2), all tested compounds exhibited growth-inhibitory effect against Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense, with l-tryptophan (6) and buddlejasaponin III (7) being the most potent ones (IC₅₀'s 4.1 and 9.7 μg/ml). In contrast, the activity towards Trypanosoma cruzi was poor, and only crypthophilic acid C (3), 6 and 7 were trypanocidal at concentrations above 40 μg/ml. With the exception of 2 and 6, all compounds were active against Leishmania donovani. Harpagide (4) and 3 emerged as the best leishmanicidal agents (IC₅₀'s 2.0 and 5.8 μg/ml). Only compounds 3, 6 and 7 showed antimalarial activity against Plasmodium falciparum with IC₅₀ values of 4.2, 16.6 and 22.4 μg/ml. Overall the best and broadest spectrum activity was presented by compounds 3 and 7, as they inhibited all four parasitic protozoa. None of the isolates had significant activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MICs >100 μg/ml) or were toxic towards mammalian (L6) cells. This is the first report of antiprotozoal activity for natural resin glycosides, as well as for harpagide (4), acetylharpagide (5), tryptophan (6) and buddlejasaponin III (7).     

Apoptotic Regulation of Caspase Activity

Intracellular cysteine aspartate-specific proteases (caspases) play both signaling and effector roles in realizing the program of cell death. Caspases function as proteolytic cascades unique for each cell type and signal triggering apoptosis. All parts of the proteolytic cascades are duplicated and controlled by feedback signals. Amplification cycles between pairs of caspases (the third and the sixth, the ninth and the third, the twelfth and the sixth, and others) help multiply the initial apoptotic signal. The presence of physiological inhibitors of apoptosis that directly interact with caspases creates a multilevel regulatory network of apoptosis in cell. The caspase proteolytic cascades are also regulated by sphingolipid secondary messengers, among them ceramide, sphingosine, and their phosphates. Moreover, an association of the caspase signaling with ubiquitin-dependent proteolysis is shown in cells. In particular, the use of extracellular activators and inhibitors of caspases allows irreversible activation of apoptosis in tumor cells or the prevention of apoptosis in cortical neurons under neurodegenerative diseases.